Restoring Hella Euro's

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Old 03-08-2010, 08:11 PM
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My 4k has been sitting for ~3yrs while I was in college. Now it's time to restore it. My Euro's have rust inside the reflector (what used to be a metal chrome like reflector). Does anyone know or have experience with bringing the inner housing back to life. The only thing I could think of is get it chromed. The chrome spray paint really doesn't do it, it's not reflective enough.
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I personally think you are sol unless you can find a spare broken set that has good chromed reflectors or a company that can chrome them. Rumors has it that all of these 'chrome' paints will never come close to being the solution plus over the years I can't even count the times that buyers on this side of the pond get these out of Germany and the reflectors are either rusted or painted and the buyer is screwed. This only applies to those that really want the lights for seeing and not to be seen. Want to only be seen with Euros then go with it.
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Your only option is to have them chromed which is alot of cash.to have done.

There is a paint called Spaz Stics that claims to offer a mirror finish , but it is just garbage
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Apparently new one's are DC. I guess the best way to go is to chrome them.
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